Era of Justice: new campaign calls for economic, climate and gender justice - starting at FfD4
#EraOfJustice #Jubilee2025 #CancelTheDebt #FfD4 #GenderJustice
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Era of Justice: new campaign calls for economic, climate and gender justice - starting at FfD4
On the week marking 50 days ahead of the 4th UN Financing for Development Conference (FfD4), a coalition of nine EU NGOs - including Eurodad - launched the campaign “Era of Justice” to show how the multiple crises our world is experiencing are deeply interconnected and to call on governments to take decisive action.
Visit the campaign hub, share the resources and follow #EraOfJustice
News
Jubilee 2025: A year to act on debt justice
Blogs
by Bodo Ellmers (Global Policy Forum)
With the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) approaching, the final preparatory committee (PrepCom) meeting revealed the remaining points of contention. As informal negotiations continue over the next few weeks, the journey promises to be challenging. Instead of the hoped-for final sprint towards an ambitious new global financing framework adopted by consensus, the road ahead resembles an obstacle race.
The World Bank, at 80, and the true goals of multilateral cooperation and global development
by Luiz Vieira (Bretton Woods Project) and Rodolfo Lahoy Jr (IBON International)
The World Bank says its mission is to create a world free of poverty on a liveable planet. Yet its policy prescriptions — and those of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) — continue to restructure global south economies in ways that de-prioritise production for domestic markets and disincentivise industrial policy.
Read the blog (via Inter Press Service)
Without debt relief and public finance reform, climate justice is impossible
by Laurie van der Burg (Oil Change International), Mariana Paoli (Christian Aid) and Rebecca Thissen (Climate Action Network International)
While climate disasters intensify across the global south, another connected crisis is quietly unfolding – one with less media coverage, but just as deadly. Governments are drowning in debt, and the money they need for clean energy and resilience is flowing not into solar panels, but to creditors in the global north.
Read the blog (via Climate Change News)
by MENAFem
We were told the global economy is “on track.” Yet in countries across the MENA region, Africa and the global south that track leads to deeper debt, weaker public services, and greater inequality. The very economic system under debate in Washington DC, was built to serve creditors, not communities. It continues to leave women and frontline communities out of decision-making, while making them pay the highest price.
Read the blog
More blogs from this series:
• No tears for a dying system (by Tara Povey, Bretton Woods Project)
• Financing Africa’s future without sacrificing gender and energy justice (by Karabo Mokgonyana, Power Shift Africa)
Useful resources
70th Anniversary of the Bandung Conference
This publication celebrates the 70th anniversary of the Bandung Conference, a turning point in anti-colonial and South-South solidarity which gave voice to newly independent nations and laid the groundwork for the Non-Aligned Movement. Through essays, reflections, and critical views, this collection explores the enduring relevance — and limitations — of Bandung’s vision in today’s struggles.
Events
21 May | Online | Delivering results: how climate finance can generate lasting impact through feminist movements
A new briefing explores the link between climate justice and gender equality, with examples of women’s rights and Indigenous organisations advancing both together. Join this webinar for a further exploration of feminist climate action.
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This newsletter has been produced with co-funding from the European Union, Bread for the World and Norad. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of Eurodad and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the funders. |
